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@binarybits I also like to point out that Microsoft had TerraServer in 1998 long before Google Earth, and screwed it up
In 1973, Xerox had the Alto and failed to capitalize on it. In 1995, DEC had AltaVista. What leads are big tech companies squandering today?
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@GeorgeGeczy I guess maybe we'll look back in 30 years and shake our heads at Google's failure to take advantage of its self-driving lead. -
@binarybits Lets plan a chat using ICQ for that. They should have a version out for blackberry by then. -
@binarybits More seriously to your question, we may be in the eye of the storm as Apple squanders its lead in phones/tablets with aging OS -
@binarybits@ezraklein All those other MP3 players, Sony etc., lost to the iPod. Yahoo couldn't turn Flickr into Instagram. -
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@binarybits@ezraklein A good rhetorical question - unfortunately one best answered in hindsight only. -
@binarybits Great q…I was 5yr old in 95 & don't recall—but DEC did all right for themselves, no? Google success non-trivial…can't blame DEC. -
@binarybits ‘Squandering’ line of reasoning feels a bit like: gee, what an idiot Einstein was for missing the boat on quantum revolution. -
@tophtucker Yeah, it seems like the missteps mostly occurred in the Compaq era. -
@qhardy@binarybits@ezraklein They didn't even try. -
@binarybits In 1956, Sperry-Rand had the fastest & most reliable computer. -
@binarybits Belated but I tried to reply to your question... Kinect, Photosynth, WolframAlpha, FB Gifts https://medium.com/compass-and-rule/5163edec184c …
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